Hellacious

 Wednesday May 22nd

Finally the big day has arrived, along with CT who is 69 today.  What's more the E Street Band are in town, well, Sunderland.  And we have tickets!  Well AT@btinternet.com has.   

Took a while to figure out why AT's AXS ticket APP registration using @btopenworld has no tickets.  DUH!

Anyhow entry gained at 16.30

Band due on 19.00, actual 19.40 crowd late arriving transport problems

Diehards getting wet

Pre show scenes

Singalong click here

Springsteen at the Novello Award, extract from acceptance speech

“As we flew towards the UK in 1975, I was wondering, ‘What do I have that I could conceivably give back to those people who gave me so much?’ And the answer is, everything I’ve got.

“We just came out of playing Sunderland last night… hellacious weather.  A driving rainstorm, wind blowing, but standing in front of me in the rain, I realised ‘These are my people’. Some of them were young, some of them were children, and some of them weren’t. Many wore lines on their faces of life, hard-weather and well-lived. Those are my people here in the UK, and I love them.

 I want to thank you for taking my music into your hearts and into your souls. I want to thank you for including me in the challenging and beautiful cultural life of the UK.

“Once it was only a dream I had. Today it’s real.  And I want to thank you for looking at me and seeing one of yours."

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APPENDIX

SHOW INFO

STADIUM OF LIGHT
SUNDERLAND, UK

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Tour debut of “Waitin’ on a Sunny Day”

Four songs from 2020’s Letter To You: “Ghosts,” “Letter to You,” “Last Man Standing,” and “I’ll See You in My Dreams.” 

“Last Man Standing” features a new arrangement

“I’ll See You In My Dreams” is performed solo acoustic to end the show

One song from 2022’s Only the Strong Survive: “Nightshift” (written by Franne Golde, Dennis Lambert and Walter Orange, popularized by The Commodores)

Concert stalwarts like “Because The Night,” “Dancing in the Dark,” and “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out” are performed in tighter, shorter versions

“Thunder Road” is the main-set closer

28-song set

Bruce Springsteen - Lead vocal, electric and acoustic guitars, harmonica; Roy Bittan - Piano, keyboards; Nils Lofgren - Electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocal; Garry Tallent - Bass; Stevie Van Zandt - Electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocal; Max Weinberg - Drums; Jake Clemons - Tenor saxophone, percussion, backing vocal; Charlie Giordano - Organ, keyboards; Soozie Tyrell - Violin, acoustic guitar, percussion, Anthony Almonte - Percussion, backing vocal; Ada Dyer - Backing vocal; Curtis King - Backing vocal; Lisa Lowell - Backing vocal; Michelle Moore - Backing vocal; Barry Danielian - Trumpet; Ed Manion - Baritone and tenor saxophone; Ozzie Melendez - Trombone; Curt Ramm - Trumpet

Recorded by John Cooper

Mixed by Jon Altschiller; additional engineering by Danielle Warman, Nic Coolidge, Allison Leah and Alex Bonyata

Mix Advisor: Rob Lebret

Post Production by Brad Serling and Arya Jha

Art Design by Michelle Holme

Cover Photo by Rob DeMartin

Tour Director: George Travis

Manager: Jon Landau

HD files are 24 bit / 96 kHz; DSD Files are DSD64

• PERFORMED:May 22, 2024

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• SET ONE

• 1.WAITIN' ON A SUNNY DAY

  • 06:28
• 2.LONESOME DAY

  • 04:21
• 3.PROVE IT ALL NIGHT

  • 05:13
• 4.NO SURRENDER

  • 04:56
• 5.GHOSTS

  • 06:38
• 6.LETTER TO YOU

  • 04:25
• 7.THE PROMISED LAND

  • 05:42
• 8.HUNGRY HEART

  • 04:24
• 9.LIGHT OF DAY

  • 05:13
• 10.ATLANTIC CITY

  • 06:47
• 11.DARLINGTON COUNTY

  • 08:25
• 12.NIGHTSHIFT

  • 07:39
• 13.THE RIVER

  • 06:25
• 14.RACING IN THE STREET

  • 12:52
• 15.LAST MAN STANDING

  • 03:37
• 16.BACKSTREETS

  • 09:26
• 17.BECAUSE THE NIGHT

  • 05:07
• 18.SHE'S THE ONE

  • 05:36
• 19.WRECKING BALL

  • 06:19
• 20.THE RISING

  • 05:03
• 21.BADLANDS

  • 07:52
• 22.THUNDER ROAD

  • 07:32

• ENCORE

• 1.BORN TO RUN

  • 05:07
• 2.GLORY DAYS

  • 04:59
• 3.DANCING IN THE DARK

  • 07:56
• 4.TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT

  • 05:16
• 5.TWIST AND SHOUT

  • 08:58
• 6.I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS

  • 03:31

May Flyer

 25th May 2024

First trip out, about 12 miles around the locale.  Once warm revved pretty hard (to 5500rpm) in third and fourth along the Barton straight, everything a bit blurry up there.  Motor felt strong with a loud intake roar.  A bit tappetty otherwise when pottering along.  A couple of little chuffs on shut off.  

The work over the winter on fork maintenance and alignment doesn't seem to have improved stiction.  Although some ATF has leaked onto the garage mat from the bottom fork bolt.  Will have to sort that next job.  Rockers are oil tight now it seems after tappet adjustment last autumn.

Next major task, Dynometer at Dragon in Durham.

Castle Rock Relay

 Sunday May 19th

Some flux in the plan for the weekend, BP back and keen for a session, so Saturday set aside for a NYM trip.  Gammy knee (BP) ruled this out - baton duly picked up by CB and the race switched to Sunday out west, turned out to be a bit of a bonus given that all the decent weather now the other side of the Pennines.  Good that CB's turn to drive as AT's second day in a row in the Lakes, Saturday walking with MT so made most of the sunshine weekend on offer out there.

So as is often the case the award for the premier crag of choice for the first Lakes trip of the season goes to;

Castle Rock of Triermain  

On a mission to get some mileage done

Emerging from the eastern clag into the glorious Eden Valley

The way across the aqueduct has been renovated to good effect, the step over the rickety fence was getting dangerous.

A couple of parties passed us on the walk in at 10.10, looked like the crag would be over run.

Two teams in action even on arrival at 10.15, taking advantage of some shade.  On Direct Route (left) and Kleine Rinne

Another couple headed round the dark side, intrepid!

CB's turn to lead today, Via Media was nearest so he was off at the races

High on the run out finish on the right, about to enter the light.

Meanwhile an unknown climber executes a tidy start on Direct Route.  AT takes note for later.

By now there must be 5 teams on the South Crag.  CB suggests Gangway Climb seeing as it was free.  AT jumps at the chance to get one in before lunch and the afternoon starts to cook up.

Already very warm up on top though

Todays winners of best dressed climbing team

Direct Route up next

Great climbing up the steep wall and crack

CB's lead, AT no drama second.

Belays aren't exactly easy to find especially when some are already occupied.  AT set this one up on the first flat grass ledge above Gangway Climb.  A small spike next to a brown patch combined with an orange metolius in a little crack about a metre up and right.

Detail for future reference.  There was nothing else there.

In a switch from the usual order of things, the afternoon session moved up to the RH side.  For a change AT led Companion Way at Mild Severe (green line).  CB invented a mirror image with a new combo.  Wall Climb start and a finish of Slab climb up the crozzly wall left of the usual corner.

Both very interesting with adequate protection.

CB makes the finishing moves up the wall right of the usual corner.

Seem to recall it being attempted by someone we know?

Now really baking so called it a draw at 15.15

All other teams long since de-camped!  Just us left.  

Todays routes

L-R

Via Media, Direct Route, Gangway Climb, (yellow)

Companion Way (blue)

CB Wall Slab combo.

Climber on North Crag just visible centre left.

16.15

All is well.

Mission accomplished